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the networks called florida for george w. bush. two hours later they took it back. >> nbc news, as of right now, is calling florida officially too close to call. >> governor bush held all along that the initial results were the right ones and said as much the day after the voting. for al gore, the recount was his path to victory. one that he held on to for an entire month. all the while workers in florida recounted hundred of thousands of ballots by hand. the recount went on for 36 days until the supreme court had to step in and in a 5-4 partisan decision, if you will, put an end to the recount. >> the majority of the justices simply believing it is just too late and this problem with the varying standards with regard to the ballots, too significant. >> at that point, the writing was on the wall. all that was last was gore's concession to the new president-elect. >> this evening i received a gracious call from the vice president. we agreed to meet early next week in washington and we agreed to do our bes to heal our country after t
the networks called florida for george w. bush. two hours later they took it back. >> nbc news, as of right now, is calling florida officially too close to call. >> governor bush held all along that the initial results were the right ones and said as much the day after the voting. for al gore, the recount was his path to victory. one that he held on to for an entire month. all the while workers in florida recounted hundred of thousands of ballots by hand. the recount went on for 36...
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he was secretary of defense under gerald ford and george w bush. he's the author of "known and unknown memoir" now out in paper back. mr. secretary, welcome to the show. >> thank you very much. good to be with you. >> let me start, sort of your reaction to wisconsin. what does it mean? we're five months today away from the election. what does it really mean in the bigger context of our election? >> oh, i think it's a little early to tell for sure. i guess i've been out of politics for quite a while, but as i observed it, it seemed to me that the governor announced what he was going to do, was elected, went in and did it, and then there was a great deal of opposition marshalled against him for doing what he had said he would do and for what the people of wisconsin voted for him to do. and then this recall was set up. and my impression is that what took place is the people of wisconsin decided that they did, in fact, vote for him to do what he did, liked what he did, and wanted to support him. what the implications will be for the presidential electi
he was secretary of defense under gerald ford and george w bush. he's the author of "known and unknown memoir" now out in paper back. mr. secretary, welcome to the show. >> thank you very much. good to be with you. >> let me start, sort of your reaction to wisconsin. what does it mean? we're five months today away from the election. what does it really mean in the bigger context of our election? >> oh, i think it's a little early to tell for sure. i guess i've been...
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george w. bush and al gore. president. lice george w. bush and al gore. president. qu, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] try new alka-seltzer plus severe allergy to treat allergy symptoms, plus sinus congestion, and pain. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because
george w. bush and al gore. president. lice george w. bush and al gore. president. qu, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male...
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this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire" magazine today he wrote this. "you could hear the screams from romney headquarters all the way up the charles to where i was watching." democrats have so far been keeping their powder dry on this very, very potent issue. on the republicans wanting to privatize social security. not just privatizing medicare, and thereby getting rid of it, which has been an issue in this campaign, but privatizing social security and thereby getting rid of it. before last night, that was paul ryan's record and it was george w. bush's record. but nobody knew if romney and ryan were g
this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire"...
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that is 80 years of george w. bush and at three and a half years of poor -- 8 years of george w. bush and three and half years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record. >> what did you make of it jeb bush's comments about the republican party and that it will have eight horrible time if you define it as orthodoxy that is not tolerate disagreement? >> it is seditious truth. it is so orthodox that you -- it is a vicious truth. it is so orthodox that you saw him try to walk it back the next day. the extremes in both parties, more at the moment in the republican party, but it will be truth in the democratic party eventually -- that is where the money is. the money gets plowed into clever is the most orthodox candidate in the primary -- whoever is the most orthodox candidate in the primary. whoever wins is by a factor of x more to the right or left than the previous candidate. it may be that the vast majority of americans think of themselves as moderates or middle-of-the- road or want to compromise, but the system, especially with the gusher of money we now see on the outs
that is 80 years of george w. bush and at three and a half years of poor -- 8 years of george w. bush and three and half years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record. >> what did you make of it jeb bush's comments about the republican party and that it will have eight horrible time if you define it as orthodoxy that is not tolerate disagreement? >> it is seditious truth. it is so orthodox that you -- it is a vicious truth. it is so orthodox that you saw him try to walk...
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bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be there in person. his stamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy "he was a nice guy" video, substantively, george w. bush's foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently it is the foreign policy of the republican party's presidential nominee this year. mr. bush's brother, jeb, front paged his convention speech with a well-received defense/celebration of george w. bush foreign policy. >> my granddad, my grandfather and my father have been incredible role models for me and served our country honorably. and my brother,
bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be...
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bush, then candidate george w. bush, asked dick cheney to look into him who would be the best choice for him as his vice presidential running mate. like halliburton before him, dick cheney took that study on, decided to study the scene, look long and hard at all the options, and found, indeed, there was one great candidate to be george w. bush's vice president, but only one. dick cheney picked himself and that is how we ended up with a vice president who responded to somebody giving him a hard time about the halliburton thing on the floor of the senate by telling that united states senate, on the floor of the united states senate, "go bleep yourself, senator." reflecting back on his vice presidency after leaving office, mr. cheney looked back on the "go bleep yourself" moment fondly. >> it's sort of the best thing i ever did. >> but, oh, dick cheney, how do you narrow it down when you've done so much? mr. cheney, you are the most astonishing figure in american politics. we expect some people to be very, very radica
bush, then candidate george w. bush, asked dick cheney to look into him who would be the best choice for him as his vice presidential running mate. like halliburton before him, dick cheney took that study on, decided to study the scene, look long and hard at all the options, and found, indeed, there was one great candidate to be george w. bush's vice president, but only one. dick cheney picked himself and that is how we ended up with a vice president who responded to somebody giving him a hard...
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george w. bush became the president of the united states because of 537 votes in florida. again people think the map this year will be more like this. romney will do better in a lot of these states. some people think it's possible romney ekes out a popular win. it's so close it could go the other way too. the president could win the popular vote. is it likely to happen? both campaigns say probably not. because tgs so close it's possible. we've got a lot of lawyers standing by in case of a recount, other morning after question. >> a lot of lawyers are standing by as well. you were in ohio, you spent some quality time in ohio. you saw the poll, likely voters in ohio, 50% for obama, 46 for mitt romney. this is a critically important state we like to say and it's true, no republican has won the white house without taking ohio. >> no republican has ever won without it. that's a statistical tie. even though that's been the margin of error for months, the president has been ahead in ohio. here's what we're going to watch, over here. the president did well on this area four years
george w. bush became the president of the united states because of 537 votes in florida. again people think the map this year will be more like this. romney will do better in a lot of these states. some people think it's possible romney ekes out a popular win. it's so close it could go the other way too. the president could win the popular vote. is it likely to happen? both campaigns say probably not. because tgs so close it's possible. we've got a lot of lawyers standing by in case of a...
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bush and also when george w. bush won the second election. his relect and there is a tremendous and after the election which will be vitriolic and vicious, both political parties will come together with the idea they have to do better and there is a feeling of good will for who ever the president is and that will help us even if harry reid is in control of the u.s. senate which i hope never happens. >> hope springs eternal. of the wisconsin.from the we call would his opponent and never heard back. she is always welcome on here. and a lot more for what is at stake. we spent the better part of the two hours trying to save the country and in the very least making you aware of what is going down in this country. if we do that. our job is almost done here . bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what yo
bush and also when george w. bush won the second election. his relect and there is a tremendous and after the election which will be vitriolic and vicious, both political parties will come together with the idea they have to do better and there is a feeling of good will for who ever the president is and that will help us even if harry reid is in control of the u.s. senate which i hope never happens. >> hope springs eternal. of the wisconsin.from the we call would his opponent and never...
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arifleische rerk arifleischer, the former press secretary for george w. bush. and paul begala. and also with us, gloria borger and david gergen. so dana, i want to go to you on the scene first in the sense that if you look at an electoral map that we start with president obama at 247 and governor romney at 206. the question has been is this the final map? these yellow states there are toss-ups or are there thinks in anybody's armor? at least for the moment it is possible we have found a ching in the democratic armor there. as we talk to republicans do they think, yes, this puts wisconsin in play. i know republicans want to say that. do they think outside wisconsin it means anything in like minded states along the rust best? >> reporter: you know, the honest answer they will give is they're not sure but they hope so. i think a lot of it is for the reason that david gergen was just talking about when we talk about the issues. they are very much hoping that this is a harbinger of november when it comes to what people really care about and are upset about. very much like we saw in
arifleische rerk arifleischer, the former press secretary for george w. bush. and paul begala. and also with us, gloria borger and david gergen. so dana, i want to go to you on the scene first in the sense that if you look at an electoral map that we start with president obama at 247 and governor romney at 206. the question has been is this the final map? these yellow states there are toss-ups or are there thinks in anybody's armor? at least for the moment it is possible we have found a ching...
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george w. bush took one of these surprise trips the, unannounced trips to background. it was december 14th, 2008. that's when this happened. >> yes. everybody calm down for a minute. first of all, thank you for apologizing on behalf of the iraqi people. it doesn't bother me. if you want the facts, it's a size 10 shoe that he threw. >> boy, if you were not surprised enough to find out that the president had surprise, gone to iraq, the president having a shoe hurled at him was definitely a surprise that day. when you look at the official transcript from this, we posted a link to it on our blog tonight. when you go through the transcript of this event, when you get to the part where the guy throws the shoe. it's described as audience interruption. understatement much. when president bush was in baghdad was to sign the agreement which committed the united states to end our war in iraq. it was an agreement that president obama then followed through on. the last u.s. troops left iraq in december. tod
george w. bush took one of these surprise trips the, unannounced trips to background. it was december 14th, 2008. that's when this happened. >> yes. everybody calm down for a minute. first of all, thank you for apologizing on behalf of the iraqi people. it doesn't bother me. if you want the facts, it's a size 10 shoe that he threw. >> boy, if you were not surprised enough to find out that the president had surprise, gone to iraq, the president having a shoe hurled at him was...
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george w. bush won, maybe. after recounts and the republican so called brooks brother riot to interfere with recounts, after the lawsuit that went to the supreme court, ultimately what got recorded as the final result in florida was george w. bush winning the state by 537 votes. that's it. a nonpartisan independent count of all the votes cast statewide in florida in that election found that al gore got more votes. the independent, nonpartisan count cast statewide gave george w. bush between 60 and 171 fewer votes than al gore. instead of that count becoming the results of america's florida election that year and therefore america's presidential election, that result just became a footnote to the presidency of george w. bush. we don't talk about it much anymore. i'm not sure how clear it is whether or not america is at peace with that election result in 2000. it sort of overtook us quickly there after. if you're not at peace with it, if you think that george w. bush stole florida in 2000 and stole the presidency
george w. bush won, maybe. after recounts and the republican so called brooks brother riot to interfere with recounts, after the lawsuit that went to the supreme court, ultimately what got recorded as the final result in florida was george w. bush winning the state by 537 votes. that's it. a nonpartisan independent count of all the votes cast statewide in florida in that election found that al gore got more votes. the independent, nonpartisan count cast statewide gave george w. bush between 60...
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they helped george w. bush secure the election by 537 votes. is florida playing by their own rules? cagney and lacey of rolling stone. that's not fair. eric baits and ari berman who wrote about that for the same magazine. that levelled the playing field with the cagney and lacey reference, but an excellent piece of writing for which you should be happy. i want to read this op ed by leonard pits that ran on sunday. he said the trend lines are clearly against the republican party and rather than than to work the appeal, they chose to narrow the other party's base with dress addressing the problem that does not exist. this is a blatant use of the machine of government with the voter indimtation and suppression. >> that's what they have done. they saw what barack obama did in 2008 and his coalition of young voters and hispanics and african-americans and we need to depress the turn outs. if you look at all the voting restrictions, that's the common theme. making it harder for those groups of people to vote. >> we have some full screens we can show you in terms of the 2600 noncitizens. it
they helped george w. bush secure the election by 537 votes. is florida playing by their own rules? cagney and lacey of rolling stone. that's not fair. eric baits and ari berman who wrote about that for the same magazine. that levelled the playing field with the cagney and lacey reference, but an excellent piece of writing for which you should be happy. i want to read this op ed by leonard pits that ran on sunday. he said the trend lines are clearly against the republican party and rather than...
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bush administration, george w. bush would be the over regulator. president obama has been out on the stump this week, talking about how he has reduced taxes on businesses 17 times since he has been in office. but regardless of the truth of what he is saying, look at the tactic of what he's saying. he's saying if you're concerned about flip-flopping, president obama is the guy you ought to be worried about. he's the flip-flopper. mr. romney also as a man who has elevators for his cars, who has a $100 million or so trust fund for his sons, who makes $10,000 bets, who says that $374,000 in speaking fees income was not very much money to him, a man whose single funniest story about the midwest is about the hilarious time that his dad closed a factory and the voters got mad about it. the man who easily talks about how much he personally likes to fire people, mitt thurston howell romney iii has been accused of being a little out of touch with the common man. but now, because this is his only political tactic, he has decided that the being out of touch pr
bush administration, george w. bush would be the over regulator. president obama has been out on the stump this week, talking about how he has reduced taxes on businesses 17 times since he has been in office. but regardless of the truth of what he is saying, look at the tactic of what he's saying. he's saying if you're concerned about flip-flopping, president obama is the guy you ought to be worried about. he's the flip-flopper. mr. romney also as a man who has elevators for his cars, who has a...
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if this is the case, doesn't that force you back to turn now and a george w. bush 2004 model? >> of course it does. bush won the race after an enormous turnout in the state of ohio. that was the ball game. you have to ask yourself where these voters are geographically. of course, these undecided voters in certain parts of the country, particularly in the south are going to break strongly against the democrats. you have to look at what is going on in ohio and what is going on in wisconsin and pennsylvania and michigan. you have the auto bailout and the fact that obama acted forcefully to keep general motors in business, to keep chrysler in business and all of their suppliers and the small businesses who rely on people who have jobs in the automobile industry. you will hear a lot about that in those key states. that will have an impact particularly since romney was opposed of the bottle bill out. what makes the difference to undecided voters in those swing states? that is not an argument that will help in leveraging yet. the turnout model in virginia of maximizing his support fr
if this is the case, doesn't that force you back to turn now and a george w. bush 2004 model? >> of course it does. bush won the race after an enormous turnout in the state of ohio. that was the ball game. you have to ask yourself where these voters are geographically. of course, these undecided voters in certain parts of the country, particularly in the south are going to break strongly against the democrats. you have to look at what is going on in ohio and what is going on in wisconsin...
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bush's secretary of labor, george w. bush's homeland security director, george w. bush's budget director. and last but not least, the current republican speaker of the house! mitt romney, change you can believe in, if you really like george w. bush, and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change you're looking for. who cast this thing? the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated so much back in 2008, one of the reasons that that actually worked for barack obama in that election, is because the country writ large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it was not just the war in iraq. or the great recession. or warrantless wiretapping. or torture, or, or, or, or, or. it was also stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism from 2003. every year the state department will put together a report like this detailing incidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, the one that was slated for 2004, showed t
bush's secretary of labor, george w. bush's homeland security director, george w. bush's budget director. and last but not least, the current republican speaker of the house! mitt romney, change you can believe in, if you really like george w. bush, and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change you're looking for. who cast this thing? the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated so much back in 2008, one of the reasons that...
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george w. bush for the economic woes they face right now. >> you know, it's remarkable, george. three years and ten months into the obama presidency, a majority of voters, in fact by a 15-point marriagen voters blame george w. bush, not barack obama for the current state of the economy and those voters are overwhelmingly voting for obama for re-election. george w. bush is the most unpopular second-term president in the post-war era following him into the presidency is for barack obama, the gift that keeps on giving. >> nicolle wallace, you've worked for george w. bush. you saw one thing, one dynamic in the entire campaign is mitt romney did not want to be tethered to the economic policies of george w. bush and, of course, president bush did not come to the convention. >> right, you know, he really was an invisible figure and republicans i think made a bet -- certainly in 2010 it worked against barack obama to still be blaming george w. bush who would appear based on the things we're looking at
george w. bush for the economic woes they face right now. >> you know, it's remarkable, george. three years and ten months into the obama presidency, a majority of voters, in fact by a 15-point marriagen voters blame george w. bush, not barack obama for the current state of the economy and those voters are overwhelmingly voting for obama for re-election. george w. bush is the most unpopular second-term president in the post-war era following him into the presidency is for barack obama,...
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so while the george w. bush portrait veiling thing was going on and while the nation's news rooms were riveted to the prospect of this john edwards verdict that nobody understood, and what the david axelrod thing was being drowned out by romney campaign aides and staffers, i guess, who were sent there, while all that was going on, what the romney campaign was trying to get people to pay attention to was their big campaign stunt of the day. the romney campaign told reporters that they needed to get on a bus because they were going to be going somewhere with mitt romney. but the campaign would not say where they were going. when the bus finally arrived at its destination, it turns out they were at solyndra, the solar energy firmed that received a loan from the george w. bush era. the company went bust. republicans tried for more than a year to make the solyndra story into a scandal for president obama. but it didn't really work. even their top attack dog in the house on this subject from california, he eventu
so while the george w. bush portrait veiling thing was going on and while the nation's news rooms were riveted to the prospect of this john edwards verdict that nobody understood, and what the david axelrod thing was being drowned out by romney campaign aides and staffers, i guess, who were sent there, while all that was going on, what the romney campaign was trying to get people to pay attention to was their big campaign stunt of the day. the romney campaign told reporters that they needed to...